Rise Of The Kings The Books of I

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Rise Of The KingsThe Books of I II Samuel

• II Samuel 11-14
• Davids Moral Failure

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Announcements
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I and II Samuel
Week Date Topic
1 07 Mar 12 Samuels Call 1 Samuel 11-41a
2 14 Mar 12 The Ark Narratives 1 Samuel 41b-717
3 21 Mar 12 Israel Demands a King 1 Samuel 8-12
4 28 Mar 12 The Decline of Saul 1 Samuel 13-15
5 04 Apr 12 David Gods Anointed 1 Samuel 16-19
6 11 Apr 12 Sauls Rejection of David 1 Samuel 201-282
7 18 Apr 12 The Death of Saul 1 Samuel 283-3113
8 25 Apr 12 David Becomes King II Samuel 1-6
9 02 May 12 The Davidic Covenant II Samuel 7-10
10 09 May 12 Senior Blessing
11 16 May 12 Davids Moral Failure II Samuel 11-14
12 23 May 12 Absaloms Rebellion II Samuel 151-198a
13 30 May 12 David Returns to Jerusalem II Samuel 198b-24
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Todays Objectives

• Review last weeks lesson, historical background,
  and timeline for the books of I and II Samuel
• Review historical maps of Israel and the region
• Read Chapter 11 and 121-14, Review Chapters
  1215 to 1433
• Learn how David sinned and how Nathan confronted
  him
• Learn how second and third order effects of sin
  can magnify the initial sin
• Examine our own lives for self-deception and
  denial

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Historical Background

• Samuel named as the primary author
• Samuel was the 13th (or 15th) judge of Israel
• Nathan of Gad wrote about Davids life (1 Chron
  2929)
• Abiathar, high priest, may have wrote later
  chapters
• Existed as one book until translated into Greek
  around 300-200 B.C.
• Written between 931 B.C. and 722 B.C. and covered
  the period from 1080-950 B.C. or 130 years
• Imperialistic void
• Hittite and Egyptian empires had fallen more than
  a century earlier
• Smaller kingdoms like the Ugarit had
  disintegrated as well

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Historical Background

• Transition period in Israels history
• Conclusion of a great famine in the land (see
  Ruth 11)
• After the exodus, end of the period of the
  judges, and beginning of the monarchy
• Israel had disintegrated morally, spiritually,
  politically
• II Samuel Chapter 11-14 Key Events
• David commits adultery with Bathsheba
• Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite, becomes
  pregnant
• David arranges for Uriahs death in battle
• Nathan tells David a parable
• David repents
• Amnon rapes his stepsister Tamar
• Absalom, Tamars brother, kills Amnon

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David Commits Adultery (111-5)

• Under David, God allows Israel to reach the
  pinnacle of existence
• Despite these blessings, Davids personal life
  becomes entangled in sin
• David dispatches Joab to battle against Ammon
• Spring of the year (111)
• Davids troops rout the enemy and attack Rabbah
• David remains in Jerusalem
• David, relaxing on his roof, sees Bathsheba
  bathing (112)
• David has her brought to his palace
• David slept with Bathsheba (114)
• She had purified herself prior to arrival
• Bathsheba becomes pregnant, tells the king (115)

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David Fails to Cover Up His Crime (116-13)

• David devised a plan to cover up his sin
• Orders Joab to bring Uriah the Hittite back to
  Jerusalem
• David question Uriah about how the battles were
  going
• David asks Uriah to go home, how come? (118)
• Uriah would think the child was his
• Uriah doesnt follow the kings plan
• Sleeps with his soldiers outside
• Refuses to indulge in comfort while his soldiers
  slept in the open fields (119-11)
• David tries to get Uriah drunk (1112-13)
• Contrast David with Uriah
• Uriah was devoted to David, but David was a
  betrayer

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David Murders Uriah (1114-27)

• David concludes that his only option was to kill
  Uriah
• His plan called for Uriah to carry his own death
  warrant to Joab (1114-15)
• Letter directs Joab to place Uriah in a place
  where fighting was the worst and where he would
  likely die
• Uriah dies in battle (1116-17)
• Joab sends a messenger to tell David
• Many Israelite soldiers died, which would upset
  David
• But David would be happy at the news of Uriah
• Bathsheba mourns over the news (1126)
• David takes Bathsheba as his wife (1127)

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David Repents (121-14)

• God is displeased with David (1127)
• God sends Nathan to David
• Nathan tells David a parable about the rich man
  and the poor man (121-4)
• David pronounces judgment on the rich man
• The rich man was David
• Nathan relates how David was Gods chosen one
• God would have given David even more if needed
  (128)
• God holds David responsible for Uriahs death
• Davids family would never live in peace (1210)
• God declares someone from Davids family would
  cause him intense trouble (1211-12)
• Bathshebas son would also be taken away (1114)

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II Samuel 1215-1433 In Brief

• Bathshebas son by David becomes ill and dies,
  fulfilling Gods promise
• Amnon, becomes attracted to his stepsister, Tamar
• Amnon devises a scheme and rapes Tamar
• Tamars brother Absalom develops an intense
  hatred for Tamar
• Absalom then murders Ammnon
• David banishes Absalom from Jerusalem for three
  years
• David allows Absalom to return after Joab
  intervenes

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Review

• Reviewed last weeks lesson, historical
  background, and timeline for the books of I and
  II Samuel
• Reviewed historical maps of Israel and the region
• Read Chapter 11 and 121-14, Review Chapters
  1215 to 1433
• Learned how David sinned and how Nathan
  confronted him
• Learned how second and third order effects of
  sin can magnify the initial sin
• Examined our own lives for self-deception and
  denial